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Even as corporate legal departments become more selective in recommending outside counsel to their peers, 23 law firms have managed to earn top marks for building trust and relationship management, according to a report released Wednesday by BTI Consulting Group.
Sidley Austin LLP has hired the former chief counsel of the agency responsible for oversight of the safety of America's roadways, who joins the firm to co-lead its global automotive and mobility industry group, one of several roles he'll have in its D.C. office, the firm recently announced.
After Karen Mulroe joined Greenway Health in 2018, people often asked why she didn't run away from her role, given that the company was involved in a federal investigation. In a recent interview with Law360 Pulse, the chief legal officer explained what she calls the "clear answer" to that question, and to other corporate legal challenges.
The turnover of general counsel at Fortune 500 companies is the highest in years, and for perhaps the first time companies are promoting more internal candidates than they are hiring from the outside.
While legal departments have shelled out a lot of resources to ensure that the majority of their team members have some access to artificial intelligence, a recent survey revealed a lack of confidence in using certain AI tools.
The Shyft Group Inc., a specialty vehicle manufacturer, paid its top attorney over $5.6 million last year — an increase of more than $4.4 million — to keep him with the company both through and after its merger with Switzerland-based Aebi Schmidt.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has hired Newmark Group's former chief human resources officer as its chief people officer and shifted its chief financial officer to also serve as its chief operating officer, the firm announced Tuesday.
Cryptocurrency exchange OKX said Tuesday that Linda Lacewell, former superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services, has joined the company as its general counsel, a month after the firm agreed to a $504 million deal with federal prosecutors over compliance failures.
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities appointed the former vice president of government and regulatory affairs at Verizon as its new general counsel this week.
Legal department hires over the last month included high-profile appointments at the NFL, Supermicro and Dropbox. Here, Law360 Pulse looks at some of the top in-house announcements from March.
A former executive for Goldman Sachs & Co. has rejoined Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he began his legal career as a summer associate and banking and finance attorney, the firm said in a Tuesday announcement.
A former legal leader at eBay and PayPal and LendingClub Bank parent company LendingClub Corp. has joined healthcare-focused fintech company PayZen as its top attorney.
The former leader of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's intelligence office has joined Mayer Brown LLP to help lead its global investigations and white collar defense practice — a role that he says allows him to join forces with attorneys whom he's known for years.
When Tenth Circuit Judge Timothy Tymkovich testified before Congress recently about the need for more federal judges, it had been about 10 years since he'd made a similar request of Congress, which hasn't expanded the federal bench since 2002.
California-based Super Micro Computer Inc. has tapped a former Norton Rose Fulbright attorney to be its new general counsel just months after accelerating its search for a legal leader following an internal review.
Legal departments are hiring with an eye toward artificial intelligence, and attorneys who have technology and change-management skills can set themselves apart from the pack when applying for new roles, according to a report by Major Lindsey & Africa.
Kraft Heinz Co.'s former top in-house attorney brought home more than $3 million in compensation for her work with the company until her departure last summer, a recent securities filing shows.
Former Facebook general counsel and White House lawyer Ted Ullyot will become executive vice president and general counsel of the National Football League on May 1, the league announced Monday.
The pharmaceutical giant Novartis announced this week that it is expanding its chief legal officer's role to include compliance functions and officially appointing her as chief legal and compliance officer.
Day Pitney LLP has brought a former executive for Latin America at Paramount Global to its Miami office to help lead the firm's sports, media and entertainment practice, the firm announced Monday.
Houston-based energy technology company Baker Hughes paid its general counsel nearly $3 million last year, which was the longtime company lawyer's first year as legal chief and what the company said was "another year of strong execution and financial performance," according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing by the company on Monday.
An experienced fast-food attorney, who most recently was legal chief at KFC, now leads the law team at Bojangles, the regional fried chicken chain said Monday.
Katya Fisher, founder and CEO of legal tech platform Aracor AI, has taken several big leaps in her career: from solo practice to BigLaw to in-house counsel to starting her own company.
The chief legal officer at self-storage real estate investment trust Public Storage saw his compensation drop for the third consecutive year, as he earned around $2.4 million in 2024 compared to approximately $4.9 million in 2021, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Green Bay Packers have hired a new general counsel who previously worked for the Arizona Cardinals and the Las Vegas Raiders.
Law firms could combine industrial organizational psychology and machine learning to study prospective hires' analytical thinking, stress response and similar attributes — which could lead to recruiting from a more diverse candidate pool, say Ali Shahidi and Bess Sully at Sheppard Mullin.
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Ask A Mentor: How Can Associates Seek More Assignments?In the first installment of Law360 Pulse's career advice guest column, Meela Gill at Weil offers insights on how associates can ask for meaningful work opportunities at their firms without sounding like they are begging.
In order to improve access to justice for those who cannot afford a lawyer, states should consider regulatory innovations, such as allowing new forms of law firm ownership and permitting nonlawyers to provide certain legal services, says Patricia Lee Refo, president of the American Bar Association.